The problem with the MJ article, as with almost all MSM output, is that it focuses entirely on the conflict instead of the content. The fact is, blogs like dKos, myDD, Firedoglake, Eschaton, etc, have power now because they represent the voices of many angry people. They are angry about the fixation with personality over policy in mainstream politics, and they're angry about the ineptness of the left to counteract the tightly coordinated actions of the far right of the American political spectrum.

I'll not repeat the many ways that this right-wing philosophy has bankrupt our economy, enriched the super-rich, endangered civil rights, and alienated the world. This was all achieved while the mainstream press was either cowed by threats of un-patriotism or distracted by the meaningless lives of celebrities.

Blogs represent the voices of Americans, unfiltered by corporate media. It's messy. But so is democracy.

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow

So what you are saying is that what makes a blog great is that American bloggers (citizens) can view George W Bush and his underlings as the traitors they are , but we would never be able to state that fact using any of the traditional corporate media?